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CVE-2014-1638
CVE-2014-1638
REJECTED
(1) debian/postrm and (2) debian/localepurge.config in localepurge before 0.7.3.2 use tempfile to create a safe temporary file but appends a suffix to the original filename and writes to this new filename, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the new filename.
EPSS 0.04% · 12.6th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.04%
12.6th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | localepurge | 0, 0.7.2, 0.7.3 |
Exploit Intelligence
- [oss-security] 20140122 Re: Getting tempfile/mktemp wrong (circl)
- 102379 (circl)
- localepurge-cve20141638-symlink(90669) (circl)
- 65098 (circl)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736359 (circl)
- 102381 (circl)
- [oss-security] 20140122 Getting tempfile/mktemp wrong (circl)
Timeline
- Jan 28, 2014 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1638 third-party-advisory
- http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/90669 third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/22/4 third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/22/3 third-party-advisory
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736359 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1638 third-party-advisory